Published Articles, Posts, & Reports To Show That Some Judges/Magistrates And Family Courts Don't Understand Domestic Violence

Please find below published articles, posts, and reports showing that some judges, magistrates and family courts don’t understand domestic violence and have outdated views.

'Family courts are disturbingly out of touch in dealing with domestic abuse' - The Guardian, 3rd April 2021.

'Corruption In The Courts' - Modern Law Review, November 2019.

'District judge criticised for dismissing abuse allegations' - The Law Society Gazette, 8th October 2021.

‘Women are routinely discredited’: How courts fail mothers and children who have survived abuse' - The Guardian, 14th August 2021.
(USA)

'‘I Vomited When I Faced My Abuser In Court After Being Refused Legal Aid – Even Though He Controlled My Money’ - iNews, November 2019.

'It's highly disturbing': Courts 'scandal' robbing domestic abuse victims of their children - sometimes to their abusers' - Sky News, 27th September 2021.

‘Family courts 'not safe space' for domestic abuse survivors' - BBC News, 24th January 2020.

'Patriarchy and power: how socialisation underpins abusive behaviour' - The Guardian, 7th March 2020.

'Woman Who Accused Ex Of R*pe And Abuse Given No Special Measures In Court' - Independant, 21st February 2022 (CHECK).

‘Woman tortured by her abusive partner who ran her over and forced her to eat a mouse nest' - Yorkshire Post, 29th September 2021.

'Confirmed: Family Court custody decisions fail children' - Stop Abuse Campaign. (USA)

'The courts’ outdated views on domestic violence are putting vulnerable children at risk of harm' - Independant, 25th January 2020.

‘Judge is suspended for advice on how to let women know 'you're the man’ without physical violence' - ABAJOURNAL, 20th September 2021. (USA)

'Domestic violence victim says UK justice system is 'like the abuse'' - BBC News, 10th October 2021.

'How Family Courts Handle Domestic Abuse Allegations' - Lundy Bancroft.

‘Upstate judge favored abusive men over battered women in custody cases, lawsuit claims' - New York Post, 20th August 2021. (USA)

'Is it #TimesUp for the family courts?' - Women's Aid, 30th May 2018.

'Domestic abuse survivors protest over family courts' - BBC News, 21st November 2019.

'Family courts carry out ‘state sanctioned abuse’ of domestic abuse survivors by letting perpetrators see children, commissioner warns' - Independant, 22nd July 2020.

'Domestic abuse victims call for family courts overhaul' - BBC News, 6th June 2018.

'Domestic abuse: 'Family courts helped intimidation continue'' - BBC News, 6th June 2018

'Outdated Family-Court R*pe Views Need Addressing' - BBC News, 19th February 2020.

'The discredited legal tactic that’s putting abused UK children in danger' - The Guardian, 21st July 2021.

'Coercive behaviour must be prioritised in domestic abuse cases, court of appeal says' - The Guardian, 31st March 2021.

'The question should be ‘Why doesn’t he stop?’ Not ‘Why doesn’t she leave?’' - OpenDemocracy, 27th July 2021.

'Court of Appeal delivers ruling on family court's approach to domestic abuse' - The Law Society Gazette, 30th March 2021.

'Revealed: how family courts allow abusers to torment their victims' - The Guardian, 22nd December 2016.

'When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents?' - The New Yorker, 31st July 2017. (USA)

'Suffer the children' - The Monthly, 2015. (Australia)

'Torn Apart Family Courts Uncovered Dispatches' - Channel 4, 2021.

'Why don’t family courts fix dangerous practices?' - Stop Abuse Campaign, 2020. (USA)

'Children and family law: 'How can you share parenting with an abusive parent?'' - The Guardian, 14th March 2020.

'Family Court is Broken. But there’s a wrong way to fix it. Shared parenting.' - Stop Abuse Campaign, 2018. (USA)